The organizers of the conference "Challenging Capitalist Modernity – Alternative
Concepts and the Kurdish Question" are pleased to extend an invitation to all those
interested in discussing theoretical and practical measures required to establish an alternative
way of life. This conference should also prove of interest to all those who would like to
be fully updated on the latest transformations within Kurdish society and its popular movement
as well the alternative proposals put forward by the Kurds.

In recent years, the Kurdish freedom movement has developed and been transformed from
the traditional Marxist-Leninist methods and perspectives that had underpinned its national
liberation struggle. This conference aims to open up detailed discussion into the Kurdish
movement and society's transformation and its search for an alternative within the context of
global developments and contemporary debates.

It also seeks to act as an international platform to exchange ideas at the academic level
about the worldwide theoretical and practical measures that are needed to intervene effectively
against capitalist hegemony. Debates will also – but not exclusively – be focused on
the Kurdish example.

The conference will be held at Hamburg University, Hamburg Germany between 3–5 February 2012. We plan to translate all speeches and discussions simultaneously
into English, German, Kurdish (Kurmanji) and Turkish.